100 years ago: 1919 There will be roller skating in Lewiston City Hall later this winter according to the Journal office Wednesday. Arrangements are now being made and an announcement will be made soon. The rink will be conducted by Charles and George Bouchales who formerly conducted a rink at the Exposition Hall in Portland. […]

100 years ago: 1919 Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the Webster Grammar School in Auburn will occur the Harvest Sing of the Community Chorus. There will be a prime program and everyone will be treated to the kind of show that Lewiston-Auburn should have during State Fair week. It will be so good that […]

100 years ago: 1919 At 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon Treasurer Callahan of the Maine State Fair stated that the receipts from this year will be at least $36,000 — and which will be greater by several thousands than on any previous year. 50 years ago: 1969 A Howell game was played Wednesday evening at […]

100 years ago: 1919 Miss Florence L. Nye, formerly social editor of the Lewiston Journal, has been spending the summer with friends at Walpole, Mass. Miss Nye is a district secretary of the National Y. W. C. A. and her territory has been this year thru the south. Besides this work, she has also been […]

100 years ago: 1919 Miss Catherine Bickford of Auburn has attracted great attention on the fairgrounds for the past three days. Riding her beautiful little Shetland pony, Mischief, she was a picture. The little lady is a most graceful rider and maintains the most perfect poise. Mischief was once the property of the late Dr. […]

100 years ago: 1919 The 18th annual meeting of the Maine State Detective Associations was held in Lewiston Thursday morning, in the office of Louis O. Chabot, with attendance and many matters of interest were discussed. Among these matters was the State election. The association never goes on record as favoring individual opinion but it […]

100 years ago: 1919 The general impression among the fair members of the State Fair Association was that there would be positively no changes in the board of trustees at the annual meeting this year. There is such general satisfaction at the kind of a fair which has been given this year and the manner […]

100 years ago: 1919 Seventy-one acres of land bordering the shore at the intake of the Lewiston and Auburn water supply was purchased from the Hutchinson Land Co., Boston, Saturday, for $15,000 by the Auburn Water District following the conference between the Auburn board and a committee from the Lewiston City Council Wednesday. The Auburn […]

100 years ago: 1919 The Mary Pickford Studio contest closed today and the judges, after careful consideration, decided that Number 25 was the prize-winning picture. At a private showing of the entire 70 contestants’ “close-ups” Saturday morning, the judges finally came to the conclusion that in point of resemblance to Miss Pickford, as well as […]

100 years ago: 1919 Members of the Literary Union are busy upon preparations which they are to conduct at the State Fair next week. The booth is to be located in the Whitton Hall and the proceeds are to be used for the erection of the Community House, which the Literary Union hopes to build […]